Appendix A
Workshop Agenda
Workshop on the Implications of Convergence for How the National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics Measures the Science and Engineering Workforce
October 22–23, 2020
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 22
10:00–10:15 a.m.
Welcome and plans for the workshop
BRIAN HARRIS-KOJETIN, Director, Committee on National Statistics
BARBARA ENTWISLE, Steering Committee Chair, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
10:15–10:30 a.m.
The National Science Foundation’s interest in measuring convergence
ARTHUR LUPIA, Assistant Director, National Science Foundation Directorate for Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences
10:30–10:45 a.m.
The National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics’ goals for the workshop
EMILDA RIVERS, Director, National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics
10:45–11:10 a.m.
Setting the stage: Why is convergence important to measure?
JOSEPH DESIMONE, Stanford University and Carbon, Inc.
11:10–11:25 a.m.
Break
11:25–12:10 p.m.
Overview of NCSES’ data collections, data products, and previous work in this area
GARY ANDERSON, Senior Science Resource Analyst, National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics
12:10–1:00 p.m.
Break
1:00–1:30 p.m.
Definitions of convergence
Moderator: JULIE THOMPSON KLEIN, Wayne State University (emerita) and Transdisciplinarity Lab at ETH-Zurich
DAN STOKOLS, University of California, Irvine
1:30–2:50 p.m.
Convergence as practiced
Moderators: PRAMOD KHARGONEKAR, University of California, Irvine and JAMES BRITT HOLBROOK, New Jersey Institute of Technology
LORA WEISS, Pennsylvania State University
PETER SCHIFFER, Yale University
DAN GALLAHAN, National Cancer Institute
MARYANN FELDMAN, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
2:50–3:00 p.m.
Break
3:00–4:00 p.m.
Outcomes and impacts of convergence
Moderators: KARA HALL, National Cancer Institute, and JASON OWEN-SMITH, University of Michigan
JULIA LANE, New York University
ERIN LEAHEY, University of Arizona
BEN JONES, Northwestern University
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 23
10:00–10:10 a.m.
Welcome and overview of Day 2
BARBARA ENTWISLE, Steering Committee Chair, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
10:10–11:15 a.m.
Measurement efforts
Moderators: JOLENE SMYTH, University of Nebraska and KARA HALL, National Cancer Institute
BETHANY LAURSEN, Michigan State University
(with Nicole Motzer, National Socio-Environmental Synthesis Center and Kelly Anderson, University of Maryland)
MICHèLE LAMONT, Harvard University
DANIEL MCFARLAND, Stanford University
11:15–11:30 a.m.
Break
11:30 a.m.–12:15 p.m.
Measurement efforts (continued)
Moderators: JAMES BRITT HOLBROOK, New Jersey Institute of Technology, and PRAMOD KHARGONEKAR, University of California, Irvine
ISMAEL RAFOLS, University of Leiden, Netherlands
JOSHUA SCHNELL, Clarivate
12:15–1:15 p.m.
Break
1:15–2:15 p.m.
Panel discussion on implementation and feasibility
Moderators: JASON OWEN-SMITH, University of Michigan and JOLENE SMYTH, University of Nebraska
GRAHAM KALTON, Westat
NORA CATE SCHAEFFER, University of Wisconsin–Madison
ANDREW ZUKERBERG, National Center for Education Statistics
2:15–3:30 p.m.
Summary of key themes and thoughts on how to move this work forward
Steering committee members will reflect on key takeaways from the workshop, including:
- What would be the value in constructing national-level measures of convergence?
- What ideas and strategies would be most worth pursuing to push thinking on this initiative forward?
- What framework could NCSES use for measuring convergence?
- What definitions and criteria would we consider appropriate and what are their limitations?
- What types of NCSES products would be most valuable and for what audiences?
- What should NCSES prioritize as part of its work in this area?
KARA HALL, National Cancer Institute
JAMES BRITT HOLBROOK, New Jersey Institute of Technology
PRAMOD P. KHARGONEKAR, University of California, Irvine
JULIE THOMPSON KLEIN, Wayne State University (emerita) and Transdisciplinarity Lab at ETH-Zurich
JASON OWEN-SMITH, University of Michigan
JOLENE SMYTH, University of Nebraska
BARBARA ENTWISLE, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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